Giffords to be Sent Friday to Texas Rehab Center

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will be moved Friday to a rehabilitation center in Houston.

Officials at University Medical Center in Tucson say the congresswoman is expected to leave shortly after 9 a.m. local time and travel by ambulance to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for a medical flight to Texas.

A group of motorcycle riders from a Veterans of Foreign Wars post will escort the ambulance.

Once in Houston, she will be taken by helicopter to TIRR Memorial Hermann hospital.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will be moved Friday to a rehabilitation center in Houston.Officials at University Medical Center in Tucson say the congresswoman is expected to leave shortly after 9 a.m. local time and travel by ambulance to Davis-Monthan Air...